The transfer and re‐use of existing food safety knowledge (ranging from experimental data, published mathematical models to risk assessment software code) is currently a major bottleneck in the area of food safety risk assessment. Such knowledge transfer ...

The qualified presumption of safety (QPS) procedure was developed to provide a harmonised generic pre‐evaluation to support safety risk assessments of biological agents performed by EFSA's Scientific Panels. The taxonomic identity, body of knowledge, ...

The European Commission requested scientific technical assistance for the analysis of a European Union coordinated monitoring programme on the prevalence of norovirus in raw oysters. A total of 2,180 valid samples were taken from production areas and 2,12 ...

These guidelines are specifically aimed at guiding the reporting of information under the framework of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001/EC. The technical aspects for the reporting of surveillance data on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in bovine animals, scra ...

EFSA and ECDC were requested by the European Commission to jointly evaluate the possible solutions for the collection and analysis of whole genome sequencing (WGS) data for at least Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella and Escherichia coli by: (1) anal ...

An outbreak of 32 Salmonella enterica serotype Poona cases in infants and young children has recently been identified in France (30 cases), Belgium (one case) and Luxembourg (one case). All 32 patients were infected with the same bacterial strain based ...

An increase in confirmed human salmonellosis cases in the EU after 2014 triggered investigation of contributory factors and control options in poultry production. Reconsideration of the five current target serovars for breeding hens showed that there is j ...